Recently, Professor Zheng Gaowei from the School of Bioengineering, ECUST and Associate Professor Kong Xudong from Shanghai Jiao Tong University achieved new progress in the research on the stereoselective evolution mechanism of imine reductases. The research article was published in Nature Communications under the title “Evolutionary insights into the stereoselectivity of imine reductases based on ancestral sequence reconstruction”.The research work was mainly conducted by PhD student Zhu Xinxi

Recently, the research group of Professor Chen Yifeng from the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientists Joint Research Center at ECUST published a research article titled “Diversified ring-expansion of saturated cyclic amines enabled by azlactone insertion” in Nature Chemistry, reporting new advances in the diversified ring-expansion reactions of non-strained saturated cyclic amines.The research work was mainly conducted by Dr. Wu Licheng and PhD student Xia Hanyu, and corresponding authored by Professor

Recently, the research group of Researcher Wan Nianfeng from ECUST, in collaboration with researchers from China, the UK, and the US, elucidated the mechanism by which plant secondary metabolites mediated by plant diversity influence the insecticidal efficacy of viral insecticides by regulating insect detoxification metabolism. The study was published in the prominent international biology journal, Current Biology, a subsidiary journal of Cell, as a long-form research article titled “Plant defen

Recently, at the invitation of Electrochemical Energy Reviews, an authoritative journal in the field of electrochemical energy, the research group of Professor Luan Weiling from the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Advanced Battery Systems and Safety Key Laboratory, ECUST, in collaboration with National-Level Leading Talent and Chair Professor Chen Haofeng, published a review titled “Multiscale Mechanical Failure of Lithium-Ion Batteries and Its Impact on Performance, Lifespan, and Sa

Recently, using mesoscopic kinetics research methods, Professor Duan Xuezhi and his team from the School of Chemical Engineering and the National Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, ECUST, revealed the interface reconstruction phenomenon of Pt-Co bimetallic catalysts under different reaction conditions and the synergistic effects between different interface sites. They quantified the performance impacts, providing new theoretical foundations and practical guidance for designing and optimizin

Recently, a team led by Academician Zhu Weihong at the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientists Joint Research Center, ECUST, including Professor Guo Zhiqian and Specially Appointed Associate Researcher Yan Chenxu, published a cover article titled “Photo-Triggered Fluorescence Polyelectrolyte Nanoassemblies: Manipulate and Boost Singlet Oxygen in Photodynamic Therapy” in the authoritative international journal Angewandte Chemie, reporting innovative advancements in the precise photodynamic sensitization s

Recently, the team of clean energy materials and devices in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, ECUST has made important progress in the field of catalysts for hydrogen production by electrolysis of water with anion exchange membrane. The related research article was published online in the international authoritative journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition with the title of “Oxygen Plasma Triggered Co-O-Fe Motif in PrussianBlue Analogue for Efficient and Robust Alkaline Wat

Recently, the team of Professor Wang Haifeng from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, ECUST, has made important progress in the study of carrier transfer dynamics at the surface interface, and the related results were published in Nature-Communication with the title of “Stretching Vibration Driven Adiabatic Transfer Kinetics for Photoexcited Hole Transfer from Semiconductor to Adsorbate”. This study reveals the transfer mechanism of photo-excited electron holes at the interface be